Garden Bears' World - Harvest Time in the Garden

Hello everyone!  It's time for another Garden Bears' World with me, Endon Bear.  I'm going to tell you about what's happening in our garden right now, as we get ready for autumn. 

Polar has been picking the pears - there were not many good ones this year - and tomatoes from the greenhouse.  The green striped one isn't waiting to ripen, it is a variety called Green Zebra and is that colour when ripe, but still quite sweet and tasty, so we can make rainbow coloured tomato salads!

We are still growing leafy salads but in the greenhouses rather than out in the garden now it is starting to get cooler and to protect them from very heavy rain.

While I was in the greenhouse, I also checked on the auriculas Polar and I separated and potted up a month ago.  They are looking very healthy and happy, but there are more than we need to brighten up our garden, so Polar is hoping to do a plant sale when they are in flower next spring.

Out in the vegetable patch, Polar and I planted some red kale and covered it over with one of the netting frames Grizzly made to keep the cats and pigeons off.  Lots of land cress has self-seeded in this plot, so we organised some of it into rows; it is very hardy and is an excellent winter and early spring salad crop.

Then we decided it was time to harvest the biggest of the pumpkins!  There are a few smaller ones too, but we are going to see if they will get a little bit bigger before we bring them into the greenhouse to finish ripening.

One of the brightest vegetables in the garden is rainbow chard.  You can eat the leaves like spinach but also use the stalks to make casseroles and stir-fries very colourful.  We planted these in between the red cabbages, which are almost ready to cut and eat now.

Checking on the flower beds, I was pleased to see that the sedum is attracting lots of honeybees.  There are lots of these in our front garden but only one in the back, so I am hoping to persuade Polar to plant some more.

Another plant that looks lovely this year is the hydrangea paniculata, which took a long time to get established but has now settled in really well.

Then it was time to help Polar and Grizzly with a little demolition job - mainly by staying safely out of the way!  The arch across the path in front of the ponds had started to go rotten and swayed about in high winds, so they decided to take it down.  

The garden looks much bigger without it and we think some of the roses will grow better with more light reaching them too and, although we bears will miss climbing on it, there are still plenty of trees and shrubs for us.

That's all for today's Garden Bears' World but I'll be back soon with an update on what's happening on the allotment with our magic beans and more tomatoes.

Bye, bye, and happy gardening everyone!